Obituaries

Funeral service honoring the life of Mrs. Nelda Rambin Laffitte was held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Mansfield, Louisiana, with Fr. John Paul Crispin officiating. The Rosary was said for Nelda at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at Rose-Neath Mansfield Chapel. The family received friends for visitation following the Rosary until 7:00 p.m.

Nelda was born January 31, 1936 to Richard Hobson Rambin and Emma Lee Dill Rambin. She entered into rest on February 16, 2020 in Shreveport, LA. In memoirs she was writing to her grandchildren she shared stories of growing up in Louisiana during the Great Depression. She recalled her family always having plenty of food but it was raised, grown, slaughtered, smoked and canned by her parents, grandparents and siblings on the land where they lived.

Funeral services honoring the life of Blake McCullough were held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Mansfield, LA with Reverend Richard Tull officiating.

A visitation with the family was held at the chapel from 12:00 p.m. until service time. Interment followed at Mansfield Cemetery in Mansfield, LA.

Blake was born on May 23, 1950 in Mansfield, Louisiana to Elvy Orville “Tootsie” McCullough and Bonnie Mae Sibley McCullough. He entered into rest on February 1, 2020 in Longview, Texas.

Blake was a graduate of Mansfield High School Class of 1968; a retired Brick Mason, loved raising Border Collies and gardening; he was an avid hunter and fisherman.

He is preceded in death by his parents. Left to cherish his memory is his son, John McCullough and wife Christie and grandson, Wade McCullough of Kilgore, TX and his sister, Susie Powell and husband Robert of Shreveport, LA.

Services honoring the life of Mr. Herman “Pete” Silas were held on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 10:00 AM at Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Many Chapel with Rev. Jerry Silas, Pastor Tully Burns, and Pastor Jeff Scroggins officiating with burial following at Fern Park Cemetery in Natchitoches, LA. Visitation for Mr. Silas was held on Friday, January 17, 2020 from 5:00 PM-9:00 PM at Rose-Neath’s Many Chapel. Herman was born June 27, 1939 in Natchitoches Parish, LA to Clara May Procell and Lee James Silas and he entered into rest on January 14, 2020 in Jena, LA.